Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fittings
- District
- New Forest
- Town
- Beaulieu
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63838
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Current location
St Mary's Chapel
Bucklers Hard Village
Beaulieu
New Forest
Hampshire
SO42 7XB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 40865 00016
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Lieutenant Peter Wolferstan Rylands was killed in a flying accident over the Solent during training on 9th August 1918. Whilst at Beaulieu he had befriended Mrs Poole of Buckler's Wood. She paid for St. Mary's Chapel to be renovated in his memory. There is also a brass plaque and embroidered kneeler in the chapel.
- Inscription
- Plaque THIS CHAPEL WAS SET IN / ORDER BY ONE WHO LOVED / PETER WOLFERSTON RYLANDS / R.A.F. AGED 18 / KILLED WHILE FLYING OVER THE SOLENT / ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH 1918 / PER ARDUA AD ASTRA. Unreadable initials or mark in bottom corner of plaque. Kneeler P. W. R. / (RFC wings) / PER ARDUA AD ASTRA / 1900 - 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Rylands, Peter Wolferstan
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick, Wood, Unknwn - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Kneeler
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Fabric, Unknown - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Chapel
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Costs
Comments: Mrs Poole of Buckler's Wood
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- St Mary's Chapel, Buckler's Hard www.bucklershard.co.uk/attractions/st-marys-chapel/
- St Mary's Chapel, Buckler's Hard beaulieuchurches.org.uk/churches/bucklers-hard-chapel
- 82 Buckler's Hard maps.hants.gov.uk/historicenvironment/herResults.aspx?monuid=12143
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